World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017: Live from Melbourne

We are now just days away from the World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2017, sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Acqua Panna. The fifteenth edition of this world-renowned gastronomic awards event takes place in Australia for the first time ever on April 5, at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. It will be live streamed starting at 8 p.m. AEST (12 p.m. CEST) on Fine Dining Lovers.

Will Italy’s Massimo Bottura take the top title for the second year in a row with his Modena-based Osteria Francescana? Or will the Spanish Roca brothers, who placed second in 2016, reclaim the top spot with their Girona-based El Celler de Can Roca? Will Daniel Humm and Will Guidara’s New York-based Eleven Madison Park, last year’s third place, emerge victorious?

The World’s 50 Best program will commence this year with a series of events, one of which is #50BestTalks, also sponsored by S.Pellegrino and Aqua Panna. #50BestTalks will be an opportunity for food lovers to obtain a rare inside look at the world’s best restaurants and hear from the world’s best chefs on what drives them and gives them that extra edge.

On April 1, #50BestTalks Sydney at the Sydney Opera House will feature Massimo Bottura, Dominique Crenn, Peter Gilmore and Brett Graham. On April 3, #50BestTalks Melbourne at Margaret Court Arena will feature Daniel Humm, Will Guidara, Gaggan Anand, Jordi Roca and Grant Achatz.